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24.4; eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a valid date

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
Subject: bug#19798: closed (Re: bug#19799: Tangentally related to eww-mode
 Invalid Date bug just filed)
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 06:30:07 +0000

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Your bug report

#19798: 24.4; eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a valid date

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 19798 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
Cc: 19799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 19798-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19799: Tangentally related to eww-mode Invalid Date bug just
 filed
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:29:37 -0800

Matthew Carter wrote:

> The issue is fixed, no more failure to load subsequent pages when an
> overflowed cookie date is encountered.

Thanks for checking, and so I'm closing Bug#19798 too.

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From: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4;
 eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a
 valid date
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 23:49:18 -0500

When running eww-mode and visiting a site using a cookie expiration date
set to "Mon, 06 Mar 2130 20:55:03 GMT" eww-mode will fail to load
subsequent URLs on the domain (in this case http://ahungry.com) and
instead simply print the following message in the echo area:

error in process sentinel: Invalid date: Mon, 06 Mar 2130 20:55:03 GMT

According to Wikipedia and other sources I can find online regarding the
HTTP cookie expires field, this date format is valid
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie) and should not be causing 
an error in the process sentinel (and even if some site sent an invalid
date, I don't think it should halt further site interaction, but either
ignore the invalid date, or ignore the cookie).

Steps to reproduce under emacs -Q:

eww
ahungry.com
RET
TAB
TAB
RET

You'll then see the error pop up (instead of visiting the Blog link on
the site).

-- 
Matthew Carter (m <at> ahungry.com)
http://ahungry.com

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